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Does Robert Dudley Have What It Takes?

July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Follow the Leaders, PonderThis

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PonderThis: Simple Rules for Getting a Project Started

July 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Follow the Leaders, Playing a Bigger Game, PonderThis

Getting a project or initiative off the ground is an important leadership competency, and yet may die in the planning process or simply do not gather enough inertia to get off the starting line.  At a meeting this week in Washington, I heard Kim Keenan, President of the Washington, DC Bar Association make a remarkable [...]

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Ponder This: Hunker Down or Pedal to the Metal?

May 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Follow the Leaders, PonderThis

I have been in New York this week in a meeting room with a very globally diverse group of leaders.  The free-floating stress is palpable. And the variety of ways that leaders are responding strategically is fascinating.
I asked a few of my colleagues about the impact of tough times on strategy.  The responses seemed to [...]

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Power Sharing and Dedication to Vision

May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Follow the Leaders, Great Questions, Sliding Down the Razor Blade of Life

There is much to learn from the goings on in the UK right now.  Unlike the Presidential system, elections in a Parliamentary system can be only the beginning.  There are likely many things to learn about leadership as we watch the leaders of the UK try to sort out a way forward.  Two issues however [...]

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BP, Tony Hayward and Leadership Legacy

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Follow the Leaders, Organizations at Their Best, Thoughts on Life and Leadership

Many executives talk about the legacy that they want to leave.  The current challenges of British Petroleum with the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico provide a clear set of lessons about the legacy any executive leaves.
Lesson One: A Leadership Legacy is Built in the Past
BP was a company under fire until a [...]

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